The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-02
The CATHOLIC KNIGHTS.
SUPREME OFFICERS CHOSEN II
THE LATE CHICAGO COUNCIL
To be Indicted Int once at TIC
Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
Next Monday.
HON. JAMES d. COLEMAN, or
NEW ORLEANS, IN TIE CITY,
En- Rsuto TO be Installed ms Presi.
dent OF the Order-Its Growth
and Prospects.

Hon. James David Coleman, Of
New Orleans, 10 In the city on route
to st. Louis, to attend meeting OF
the supreme oflicere, Catholic Knights
Of America, 10 be he'd at the Southern
Hotel next Monday morning at 0
o'clock. Mr. Coleman is the newly
chosen Supreme President OF the Or
der, electe by the Supreme Council at
Chicago, May 10. He will bs sccom.
panied to st. Louis by MIR. John j,
Dudy, OF this city, Supreme Trustee
and Chairman OF the Sinking Fund
Commissioners and Mr. 0Bheu, OF
Chattanooga, Supreme Treasurer. The
latter gentleman will arrive this mY
ing, and the trio expect to leave n
st. Louis tomorrow evening. \
The obiVc, Of the official gathering
is TO install the recently elected heads
OF the order. This Ia done by the 70.
firing oil re-, one of whom is Mr..
Daily, who has bjrne his present hon
or for eight years. Hs vas chosen by
the last council for an other term OF Rir
years, the other members Of the party
being for two years each. Alter the
installation certm)ry the board will
elect supreme legal adviser and med
ical examiner 10 serve for two years.
An APPRAL mau met Mr.. Coleman
at the Gayoso last night aud enjoyed
his brilliant CONVEX aional powers Tor
a few minutes. Hr found the dist,u.
guished gentlemAJ atlablP, we'll p1ktrd
aud communicative. rhp butdsr of
his talk last mig 3 ea., of cOuty', OH
the Catholic X lighs, heir B;eugth
and Their sublime u 1T. Ia design
the ord, IA 20 eEhN, rmilAr t. The
Kuights OF Hulor am otaer heuOG0-
lent CrgN, IL lio &, tary'rg n life in
surancu iasturr, tie m ~ Important
dis inc ion beiug that iGcmbern muat
also I'VE menhets In good sanding O.
the Catholic Clutoh. Their strength
is between 1900 and II 600, scattered
over nearly every Ststa and Territory
in the Union. In NCw Orleans there arc
about 800 members divided between
l., o branches, and the Louisiana state
mo ..Ibership numbers shout So. The
kuights are al present displaying
great energy In bringing In recruits,
aud the prospects, are that instead NJ
500, Louisiana will soon have 1900.
This branch 10 which Mr.. Coleman
belongs ia the second largest In the
country, the blue ribbon one being at
Cincinnati. Naturally, there 10 quite
q spirit OF friendly rivalry between the
two, which can only result in great
good to the order, and the principals
In particular
A rather singular fact, and one not
generally known, Ia that the Knights
Of Memphis number almost ss many
az the entire State Of Louisiana, being
. about 1900. Far from bsing Jealous
over this state Of Affairs, the now hu-
, prems President r,joiceS-not at the
J comparatively poor showing OF his
state, hat that the order Is o prosper
: QUE and growing in Tenueasee. The
Z relative strength only serves TO inspire
: the Louisiana brethren to renewed
!, activity and earnesiness.
Beflre'leaving TO joiu q few triendi
: who had called 10 pay their respecb
and profler hoepila'ilies, Mr.. Coleman
y remarked that Memphis was certainly
a city worthy her national reputation
Tor pluck, energy aud enterprise, aud
: deserving Of her pre-smintnce AZ 9
commercial metropolis IL Was hiI
y first visit, an rain had y evtnted th'
10 drive fjr sight seeing anticipated, I'm
he had seen enough to impress hin
" iAylrably, and with her H1mmetCiR
" histnry he wac imi'iaT. 'ThH p2Opl
OF New Odeane." lac - d, "aro no
y given 10 crying dlsn their neighbour
u sud always rad With pride aud plea
ure Of thor advancement OF courF
We always uphold our own pOel 4
~ and insibt that We ave the tineet q
~ greatest city in the South"
D. Mr.. Coleman N one OF the mos Is
, telligent. prominent and popular u
:, :, bsfa Of the Louisiana bar. posse q
:, the unbounded cont lence and re- ~,
' OF the legal maternity. More ina
y once hss lac been desigrateI by hi
70 brethren for judicial positions, but b
cares moTo Tor private than publ
business, and has little 10 10 witt
politics rave 10 work heartily for th
sucoess Of the Democratic party OF
every occasion when whee-horse nor
-. vices are needed. lie IL legal adyise
= for the sub division Of the State know
" as Jefferson parish, and also attornoi
for the Pelican lnsuranoe Company
:, Ths Catholic kuights are looking Ia
}. his administration with serene con
:. ildencs, Rsired that tbs superior or
q ecutivs ability hs will bring TO bear on
d the sH airs Of the order will result In
J. renewed imp, t1s and a season OF graf